“I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.”

Law has become a business. Health care has become a business. Unfortunately, politics has also become a business. That really undermines society.

Market prices are always wrong.

There is always a divergence between our perception and what actually exists.

The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States. [This idea] happens to coincide with the prevailing opinion in the world. And I think that’s rather shocking for Americans to hear.

The financial markets play an active role in determining what’s going to happen, how the economy is going to function.

Making an investment decision is like formulating a scientific hypothesis and submitting it to a practical test.

I rely a great deal on animal instincts.

The collapse of the global marketplace would be a traumatic event with unimaginable consequences. Yet I find it easier to imagine than the continuation of the present regime.

Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.

The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.

Find the trend whose premise is false, and bet against it.

My main concern is with the world order.

If the bubbles contain a misconception, as they always do, then it can’t be maintained forever.

When money is free, the rational lender will keep on lending until there is no one else to lend to.

To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.

In politics, manipulating reality can take presidence over finding reality.

It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory.

I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.

The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.

Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.

Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that the laws of humanity and the phenomena of nature do not alter its course.

On every continent, there are girls who will go on to change the world in ways we can only imagine, if only we allow them the freedom to dream.

There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.